Raising Quotes - page 18

There are but two ways of paying debt Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out. (Thomas Carlyle)
It is an outrage towards the masses.. ..It's wanting to treat them as though they're incapable of raising themselves up to this new realism [promoted by Léger and Le Corbusier ] which is that of their area, which they've made with their hands.. .To want to say to these men 'the modern is not for you it's an art for the rich bourgeoisie..' [attack on the notion of Social Realism art]. View quote
Fernand Léger
Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun. View quote
Kanye West
I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to borrow more money that we don't have, and we borrow it for the purpose of spending it. View quote
Michele Bachmann
My husband and I had five biological children but we also have been raising 23 foster children. View quote
Michele Bachmann
Man is the roof and crown of creation. He may be tossed about by uncertain storms of life, but the solution to it lies in his own efforts in finding an ideal, and then raising his personality, from the level of petty emotions, to the loftier heights of the chosen ideal. View quote
Chinmayananda Saraswati
Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me. View quote
Madonna (entertainer)
The world is wider in all directions, more dangerous and bitter, more extravagant and bright. We are making hay when we should be making whoopee; we are raising tomatoes when we should be raising Cain and Lazarus. View quote
Annie Dillard
What wouldst thou be found doing when overtaken by Death? If I might choose, I would be found doing some deed of true humanity, of wide import, beneficent and noble. But if I may not be found engaged in aught so lofty, let me hope at least for this-what none may hinder, what is surely in my power-that I may be found raising up in myself that which had fallen; learning to deal more wisely with the things of sense; working out my own tranquillity, and thus rendering that which is its due to every relation of life. View quote
Epictetus
This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face. View quote
Marilyn Manson
It was not easy for my mother, being a struggling actress and raising a child. We were these two sort of vagabonds, never knowing where the money was going to come from. She always says she couldn't afford a babysitter, which is why she put me on the stage. (Christina Applegate)
Raising five boys is a handful, trust me. View quote
Barbara Bush
Raising George Walker was not easy. View quote
Barbara Bush
A recommendation is gone thither for raising some regiments of Blacks. This, I suppose will lay a foundation for the emancipation of those wretches in that country. I hope it will be the means of dispensing the blessings of Freedom to all the human race in America. View quote
William Whipple
And yet who dreams this day of raising his voice against the study? View quote
Adolphe Quetelet
So, in Europe, they're cutting people's retirement and health benefits. And that's what we want to avoid from happening. They're raising taxes, entering a recession. That's the kind of economic program that President Obama has put in place. View quote
Paul Ryan
Our citizens are tired of big government raising their taxes and cooking up new ways to micromanage their lives, our citizens are tired of big government killing jobs with their do-gooder policies. In short the people are Fed Up! View quote
Rick Perry
I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around. View quote
John Goodman
I don't even know if I have kind of a personal, like a take or a mental manual of how I'm raising kids. It's really - I think with everybody, it's just day-to-day and you just try to deal with every situation as they come. View quote
Steve Carell
Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board. View quote
Kenny Rogers
All womankind, from the highest to the lowest love jokes the difficulty is to know how they choose to have them cut and there is no knowing that, but by trying, as we do with our artillery in the field, by raising or letting down their breeches, till we h. (Laurence Sterne)
Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay. View quote
Jeb Bush
What if, in raising children, we focus on ability instead of gender? What if we focus on interest instead of gender? View quote
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
My ex-husband and I, even though we're not together, we are 100 percent together in raising our kid. We communicate a lot and where I drop the ball and need him to pick it up or vice versa, he's there. View quote
Charisma Carpenter
I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home. View quote
Natalia Vodianova